Case of metastatic carcinoma from end of the 8th–Early 9th century Slovakia

Šefčáková, Alena; Strouhal, Eugen; Němečková, Alena; Thurzo, Milan; Staššíková‐Štukovská, Danica

doi:10.1002/ajpa.1117

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Case of metastatic carcinoma from end of the 8th–Early 9th century Slovakia

Published in American Journal of Physical Anthropology • Oct 10, 2001

Authors:

Alena Šefčáková

Eugen Strouhal

Alena Němečková

Abstract

The first case of metastatic carcinoma ever detected in Slovakia comes from a Slavonic cemetery at Borovce, in the district of Piest'any, which is dated from the end of the 8th to the middle of the 12th century AD. The disease afflicted a 50-60-year-old male, buried in a grave from the older phase o...

Subject

Postcrania

Skull

Paleopathology

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